reas, and to help the industrial sector in urban areas by providing more food and support from rural areas. As we read,
We may conclude that in spite of some impressive rates of per capita GNP growth recorded in Third World regions during the past 35 years, growth in the agricultural sector not only showed negligible progress overall but in some regions even declined (295).
In the section "The Structure of Third World Agrarian Systems," Todaro writes that there are two kinds of world agriculture. The first kind is "the highly efficient agriculture of the developed countries" (298). This type of agriculture is so efficient that a few farmers are able to feed many people. The second type of agriculture is "the inefficient and low-productivity agriculture of developing countries" (298). This kind of agriculture is so inefficient that it can barely feed the farmers themselves, much less the population in the urban areas. There are great differences between these two types of agriculture, and great differences in the development of the two types of countries which use these types of agriculture. It is up to the developed nations to help the Third World develop agriculturally. It is necessary that the leaders of the developed nations change their thinking about the need for agricultural development which fits the needs of the people and land in the Third World.
Developing the agriculture in the Third World is important not simply to help the underdeveloped nations develop industrially, but also to help the people survive:
In order to avert massive starvation and raise levels of living for the average rural dweller, agricultural production and the productivity of both labor and land must be rapidly increased throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America. . . . For the majority of debt-ridden, inefficient, and unsuccessful exporters, unless major economic, institutional, and structural changes are made in their farming systems, their fo...